was read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the register and receiver of public monies east of Pearl river, be authorized and directed to hear and determine on the claim of William Coleman to a donation of a tract of land, and in case he shall substantiate his claim, that he be permitted to locate a like quantity of vacant land in the district after the termination of the public sales.

Ordered, That a bill be brought in pursuant thereto, and that the Committee on the Public Lands do prepare and bring in the same.

On motion of Mr. Lewis,

Ordered, That the petition of Mary Piercy, pre. sented the fifth of January last, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Seybert presented a petition of sundry mer. chants, manufacturers, mechanics, traders, and other inhabitants of Philadelphia, praying the renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States.

The said petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Love,

The House proceeded to consider a resolution submitted by him on the nineteenth ultimo, which was again read and agreed to by the House.

The Speaker laid before the House a report of the Secretary of War on the petition of Jervis Cutler, referred to him on the twenty seventh ultimo, which was read, and referred to the Committee of Claims to prepare and report a bill for the relief of the petitioner.

The Speaker laid before the House another report of the Secretary of War, of the expenditure and application of monies drawn from the treasury for the use of the war department, for the year ending the thirtieth of September last, which was read and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker also laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of the clerks em

ployed in the treasury department during the last year, with their salaries, which was read and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker laid before the House another report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of the district tonnage of the United States, on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Stanford presented a petition of John S. West, late marshal of the district of North Carolina, on behalf of himself and Joseph Turrentine, praying to be allowed and paid the sum of four hundred and thirty-nine dollars, being the amount of a claim against the United States, of the said Turrentine, and paid by him while he was in the capacity aforesaid, and which has been refused at the treasury on account of the informality of his vouchers.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Rhea, of Tennessee, from the committee appointed on the eleventh ultimo, presented a bill further providing for the government of the territory of Louisiana, which was received and read the first time. On motion,

The said bill was read the second time and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.

Mr. Pearson, from the committee appointed on the twenty-first ultimo, presented a bill supplementary to an act passed the twelfth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters," and for other purposes, which was received and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.

On motion of Mr. N. R. Moore,

Ordered, That the door-keeper of this House do cause to be erected a platform and flight of steps to each of the outer doors leading to the gallery of this House, and that the expense thereof be paid out of the fund appropriated for the contingent expenses of this House.

A motion was made by Mr. Bibb, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution :

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of annexing to the Mississippi territory, or of erecting into a separate territorial government, the tract of country lying south of the thirty first degree of north latitude, and extending from the river Perdido to a line drawn along the middle of the lakes Mauripus and Pontchartrain and the river Iberville to its junction with the river Mississippi.

The said resolution was read and ordered to lie on the table.

A confidential message was then received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Edward Coles, his secretary: On which the House being cleared of all persons excepting the Members and the Clerk, the doors were closed, and being again opened,

The House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.

FRIDAY, January 4, 1811.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an account of the sale of public arms to the state of Maryland, in obedience to an act of the second of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Jennings,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of opening a road from

Vincennes, in the Indiana territory, to Dayton, in the state of Ohio, and report their opinion thereon to the House.

Mr. Jennings, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Campbell, were appointed the said committee.

Mr. Lyle presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Washington County, in Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a post route from Pittsburg to Steubenville in Ohio

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Mr. Findley presented a petition of the synod of Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying that the laws and regulations for the government of the post office establishment, may be so altered or an ended as to prohibit mail stages and post riders from travelling, and post offices being kept open on Sunday. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the post-master general.

On a motion made and leave given by the House, Mr. Bassett, from the Committee on the Naval Establishment, presented a Lill establishing navy hospitals, which was received and read the first tinie. On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Se. cretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, en. titled "An act making an additional appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief and protection of distressed American seamen, during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten,” with an amendment, to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And then he withdrew.

The said amendment was then read, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-day.

On a motion made and leave given by the House, Mr. Burwell, from the committee appointed on the eighteenth ultimo, presented a bill continuing for a further time the charter of the Bank of the United States, which was received and read the first time. On motion,

The said bill was read the second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.

Another message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bills, en. titled "An act to continue in force for a further tine the first section of the act, entitled “An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers," without amendment; and "An act to fix the compensation of the additional assistant post master general," with an amendment, to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And then he withdrew.

The said amendment was then read, and committed to the cominittee of the whole House on the amendment to the bill "making an additional appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief and protection of distressed American seamen, during the year one thousand eight hundred and eight."

Mr. Macon, from the committee appointed the twentieth ultimo, on a motion to amend the constitution of the United States, made a report, which was read and committed to the committee of the whole House on the state of the union.

Mr. Lewis presented a petition of Edwin C. Brown, of the state of Virginia, praying to be allowed and paid the pay and commutation due for the services of James Craine, deceased, as a captain in the revolutionary army, who was father to the petitioner's wife in whose right he claims.